ISLAMABAD: The next general elections for the national and provincial assemblies will be held on January 6, The News learnt on Saturday. It has been proposed that nomination papers should be received from candidates between November 20 and 25. The election schedule will be announced at a news conference on Nov 19 by the chief […]
LAHORE: The privatisation process of the country’s airports will start from next year and Faisalabad Airport would be privatised first. Director General Civil Aviation Authority Farooq Rahmatullah addressing a press conference here on Monday said that foreign companies would be allowed to take part in the privatisation process of the airports. Responding to a question, […]
PESHAWAR, Nov 16: Various political parties staged separate demonstrations and took out protest rallies across the province on Friday against the imposition of state of emergency and proclamation of the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO). The women’s wing of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) held a demonstration in Peshawar and condemned the removal of superior court […]
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan has assured a PPP delegation that the alleged ‘media trial’ of their leader Benazir Bhutto would be taken up in the commission’s forthcoming meeting to be held on November 19. PPP Election Monitoring Cell Chairman Senator Latif Khosa in a letter delivered to the ECP Secretary Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad by […]
KARACHI, Nov 16: The Sindh High Court on Friday asked the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to submit their comments on a petition challenging ban on four television channels by Nov 20. The petition, moved by the Independent Media Corporation (Pvt) Limited against the blackout imposed on […]
ISLAMABAD (APP) – The design for National Museum of Pakistan has been approved which is being established here in the premises of Shakarparian to reflect the country’s cultural identity. In this connection, a design competition was organized to encourage architects by the Department of Archaeology and Museums in collaboration with Pakistan Council of Architects and […]
TIMERGARA, Nov 15: The Malakand peace jirga has decided to hold multi-party conferences in the region from Nov 21 to mobilise public opinion to mount pressure on the government to resolve the Swat crisis. This was announced during a meeting in Chakdarra on Thursday. The four-hour meeting was called by Senator Maulana Gul Naseeb Khan […]
Musharraf to lift emergency, restore freedoms LONDON: Over one hundred representatives of lawyers’ bodies, human rights groups and journalists descended on the High Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday evening to express their solidarity with the lawyersà community and political parties fighting for the restoration of democracy and the Constitution. The demonstration was called by the […]
* Musharraf consults Soomro on possible cabinet members ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Muhammadmian Soomro will take oath as caretaker prime minister (PM) today (Friday). President General Pervez Musharraf will administer the oath under the interim Constitutional order, which will be followed by oaths from the interim cabinet, which stands at around 12 to 15 people. Soomro, […]
The Sindh High Court Wednesday issued notices to Attorney General, Advocate General Sindh, Interior Ministry and PEMRA on the two constitutional petitions by a private TV channel against the restrictions on private TV channels. Two-member bench comprising Justice Muneeb Ahmed and Justice Abdur Rehman Farooq Pirzadah heard the constitutional petitions filed by the TV channel. […]
SWAT, Nov 14: Security forces, backed by helicopter gunships, mounted severe attacks on Wednesday on positions of militants who are in control of the Shangla district headquarters Alipur. According to sources, 14 people, most of them militants, were killed and 21 others were injured. An Inter Service Public Relation (ISPR) press release said the security […]
Karachi:The city government intends to, for the first time in the history of Pakistan, start a ticketing system for an offence causing damage to municipal property through community policing. Official sources, talking to The News, disclosed that tickets had been printed and very soon issuance of tickets will be started empowering personnel under the Sindh […]
KARACHI: The Association of Court Reporters has condemned the harassment of a senior court reporter and threats of arrest to others issued by a senior police officer here on Wednesday. In its meeting, the union heard the ordeal of a reporter who was taken into custody after being identified by an intelligence sleuth roaming around […]
ISLAMABAD (November 15 2007): Militants loyal to Swat-based Taliban commander Maulvi Fazlullah are eager to launch suicide bombing on military targets, a spokesperson for the hardline cleric threatened on Wednesday as army prepared for a final ground offensive to wipe them out. “We have suicide bombers. They are many and they are young diehards (of […]
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